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Opened in 1972 as a single screen theatre, it was on Bustleton Pike right between Street Road and the Buck Hotel. If you couldn’t find something you wanted to see here, you could just bop across the street to the Bucks County Twin Theatre that was nestled inside a rather skimpy little mall.

I once sat outside the Eric Feasterville after a movie and listened to a mother berate the box office clerk for the violent content of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Fun times. It was later converted into two screens and another two screens were added beside. It was closed in 1996.

I am partial to 70s movies, having grown up in that era. Hold the jokes, please. I was looking at an ad from the Bucks County Courier Times dated 2/19/78. You tell me if anyone has a better choice of films nowadays:

I worked at the Eric Feasterville from 1985-1987. It was the best high school job you could have. Free movies, free popcorn, and we did our fair share of partying in there. All the people that worked there were all friends so we basically hung out there whether we were working or not. We a lot of classic 80’s movies such as Beverly Hills Cop, Rambo II, Running Scared, Teen Wolf, St. ELmo’s Fire, and About Last Night. We used to let a lot of people in for free, especially if you gave us beer.

Here was another theater without a marquee. Not even a poster light box. Maybe that’s why this theater failed, no one knew what was playing. When did the Eric 4 Feasterville open? How many seats? Who was the architect? What was the style? When did it close? Five reviews and not a clue! Doesn’t anyone have any information on the Eric 4 Feasterville?

The majority of the Eric Theatres did not have a marquee on the building, but instead had the streetside marquee that was on a signpost. This location, as well as the Eric MacDade Mall Theatre, the ERic Stratford Theatre, as well as the AMC 309 Cinema 9 Theatre, are good examples.